Not boring at all. I find genealogy totally fascinating and have been having a ball researching my family tree for the past few years.
A few high points, and trust me I’m not bragging here, millions upon millions of people can trace to the same lines.
Earliest ancestor in the new world I’ve found so far is about 1610.
Can trace direct lineage to the Plantagenet kings of England.
Directly descended from William the Conquerer
Directly descended from Charlemagne
It can go the other way too, my 4th great grandmother may have been a prostitute at one time in England.
The sad part is I cannot trace my surname line back past my great great grandfather. It’s been a complete and total dead end.
Genealogy is at times tedious and taxing, but there’s always some surprise waiting around the bend.
We are cousins. I also dead end on my name line. 1850 in West Prussia.
Awesome lineage, even grandma the prostitute.
(Jesus had a prostitute ancestress,too)
Being from the south gives you so many wonderful genealogy possibilities for royal lines. Far more than the north. That is really exciting. As for the million of others, consider how good it is to have a REALLY large family. I’d imagine your female ancestress was an independent, self-supporting woman and trust that independence passed down. She probably passed down a lot of beauty, too.
There’s always some ancestors that are just dead ends and SO frustrating. I’ve done well on some lines but that one grandmother just stops dead and I can’t get past her.